Nature of electron Zitterbewegung in crystalline solids

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 374, Issue 34, 2010, Pages 3533-3537

  Zawadzki, Wlodek ^a   Rusin, Tomasz M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b PTK Centertel Sp Z Oo   (Poland)

Author keywords

Instantaneous velocity; Kronig Penney model; Periodic potential; Two band model; Zitterbewegung

Indexed keywords

LINEAR EQUATIONS; TRAPPED IONS;

CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS; ELECTRON PROPAGATION; ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATIONS; KRONIG-PENNEY MODELS; PERIODIC POTENTIALS; TWO-BAND MODEL; ZITTERBEWEGUNG;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 77955563859     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2010.06.028     Document Type: Article

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